† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupCincinnatiOhioUnited States
German19.9%22.3%12.5%
Irish9.5%12.3%9.4%
English7.5%11.0%9.5%
Italian3.2%5.8%4.8%
American2.8%5.6%5.3%
Polish1.3%3.2%2.2%
French1.2%1.2%1.6%
Scottish1.2%1.5%1.3%
African American†33.8%10.5%9.9%
African1.5%0.6%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
Ethiopian0.3%——
Jamaican0.3%—0.4%
Mexican1.9%2.0%11.3%
Guatemalan1.1%0.2%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.8%1.2%1.8%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Nicaraguan0.3%——
Asian Indian0.9%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.4%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Korean0.2%—0.4%
Nepalese0.2%0.2%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
Median age
33.2
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
13.6%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.5%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$52,909
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
25.5%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
41.8%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.4%
8.0%
22.3%
Spanish
3.8%
2.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.1%
0.3%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
1.2%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
Catholic
—
15.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
19.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
52.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Cincinnati, Ohio
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+41.2%
2008
+50.7%
2012
+49.3%
2016
+53.3%
2020
+56.1%
2024
+53.5%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
76.2%Harris96,620
22.7%Trump28,794
1.1%
D+53.5
R+2.6
D+55.0
126,782
D
77.3%Biden106,508
21.2%Trump29,156
1.5%
D+56.1
D+2.8
D+51.7
137,786
D
74.6%Clinton100,774
21.3%Trump28,740
4.1%
D+53.3
D+4.0
D+51.2
135,095
D
73.6%Obama104,970
24.3%Romney34,648
2.1%
D+49.3
R+1.3
D+45.5
142,572
D
74.8%Obama108,199
24.1%McCain34,925
1.1%
D+50.7
D+9.5
D+43.4
144,646
D
70.2%Kerry95,926
29.0%Bush39,695
0.8%
D+41.2
—
D+43.6
136,647
Cincinnati delivers reliably Democratic margins in city elections, but turnout disparities between its dense Over-the-Rhine corridor and hillside neighborhoods often shift the balance in countywide contests by several percentage points.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 56.1 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 53.5 points.
A population of 311,224, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,909 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Richmond and St. Louis.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Cincinnati, Ohio voted Democratic by 53.5 points (D+53.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 126,782 votes cast, 96,620 went Democratic and 28,794 went Republican.
How many people live in Cincinnati, Ohio?
Cincinnati, Ohio has a population of 311,224 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cincinnati, Ohio?
Median household income in Cincinnati, Ohio is $52,909 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Cincinnati, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Cincinnati, Ohio from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
